Gefco contracts manager for its Innovation Factory 
The Innovation Factory, which Gefco founded last year, has a new management. The French logistics services provider has appointed Valérie Floridia to head the project. Floridia has fifteen years of experience in various industrial companies such as Renault and EDF and has... plus
Austrian Post tests autonomous courtyard logistics
Austrian Post is promoting autonomous driving and intelligent solutions in in-house logistics. The mail service provider and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) have already taken the next step - namely an innovative vehicle for the autonomous transport of containers –... plus
Sifax Sahcol handling Virgin's daily Lagos flights
Serving Lagos daily with 20 t of belly capacity (A340-600), UK-based Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a five-year handling contract to Sifax Sahcol to improve its service offering for customers in Nigeria, and to provide growth capacity following a 19% boost in export... plus
Giant gantry crane inaugurated in Port Guadeloupe
The Grand Port Maritime of Guadeloupe has inaugurated its new generation gantry crane at the Jarry Terminal in Baie-Mahault. Marie-Luce Penchard, chairman of the port's supervisory board, and Yves Salaün, chairman of the management board, stressed the importance of the... plus
New locomotives for central and eastern Europe
Metrans, part of the German company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik, has ordered ten Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens in Czechia. The engines will be built in Germany and deliveries are scheduled from the end of 2019 until spring 2020. The locomotives will be deployed in... plus
Noatum Maritime forms special division
Noatum Maritime has created Marmedsa Cruise Services, a new division focused on providing specific services for ships in the cruise industry. This sector, which has a major potential for growth, requires specialised operations and solutions for which Marmedsa Cruise Services has... plus
Fevzi Gandur opens warehouse at Istanbul airport
Fevzi Gandur Logistics (FGL) has started operations in its new warehouse at the recently inaugurated Istanbul airport. With the new facility, FGL will enlarge its offer by creating value adding solutions, storage, pick up & delivery, pick & pack, consolidation &... plus
Spliethoff Group augments fleet
The Dutch Spliethoff Group has just augmented its fleet. The new vessels are the "Hudsongracht" (HHL Elbe) and "Humbergracht" (HHL Tyne), both of which are around 12,750 dwt and offer a combined crane capacity of 300 t. On top of that, the company has... plus
First rail link between Xi'an and Budapest launched
In the record time of ten days, the first train from Xi'an in China arrived at the BILK Terminal in Budapest, Hungary. The train was loaded with containers full of consumer goods and had travelled more than 7,000 km. The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is the first railway company to... plus
New team to chair BBGA
The British business general aviation association (BBGA) has elected Aoife O’Sullivan, partner and co-founder of the Air Law Firm, as its new chair and Alex Durand, CEO of aircraft charter and management company SaxonAir as vice chair, a new role, effective immediately.... plus